Community Leads the Critics' Choice Awards Nominations Cool Cool Cool

Critics are total dummies. They're always telling you what to like, what to hate, and what you're stupid for not watching. And now they're trying to tell you what's worthy of an award. The nominations for the second annual Critics' Choice Television Awards were announced today, and they're... pretty spot-on, actually!

Proof: Community, yes, Community, leads the entire field with six nominations, one for Best Comedy and five nominations for acting. The NBC comedy beat AMC juggernauts Mad Men and Breaking Bad in total nominations, and we're going to pretend that's not just because the comedy field is thinner.

Different stories and characters. The producers could opt to either one and later then chose to be perceived as miniseries as it would improve the chances for the cast and crew. There u go Jessica Lange!!!

Sometimes, when the cast is more of an ensemble they all just go for the supporting actor nomination. I think at first all FRIENDS also agreed only to go for the supporting nominations as they felt there are no lead actors there, but that somehow changed later :D

Best Actor in a Drama Series ...i love timothy and justified but gotta go with damian.

Damian Lewis Homeland Showtime

Timothy Olyphant Justified FX

Best Actress in a Drama Series if claire isn't as cracked out as she appears to be on the show then her for sure. though the pupils may suggest otherwise. shameless' first season was far stronger than it's second. acting included.

Claire Danes Homeland Showtime

Emmy Rossum Shameless Showtime

Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series ..dinklage is def a strong actor but he doesn't seem to be able to always pull off a sob scene. neal plays quarles perfectly. not overacted like limehouse

Peter Dinklage Game of Thrones HBO

Neal McDonough Justified FX

John Noble Fringe FOX

Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series i love kelly macdonald and boardwalk empire. can't help but think there might be a stronger supportign actress out there though. boardwalk empire is the only one i watch.

Kelly Macdonald Boardwalk Empire HBO

Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series ...chloe webb was fun but no jere burns whose totally grwon on my since his stint started. been a fan of his since that usa show or whatever it was (likely syndicated and on usa.) but didn't quite appreciate him untill this last season. nice that he got a nomination.

Jere Burns Justified FX

Chloe Webb Shameless Showtime

eww @ reality shows.

kinda haven't done talk show unless desperate in quite a while.

Best Comedy Series community hands down. the show has had some of the most brilliant episodes of any show i've seen. tied with better off ted. TBBT has gone down hill. still some olaughs but too much crude humor. modern family is you know a pretty funny show ...park and recreation has maybe my favorite cast on tv if looked at as a whole.

The Big Bang Theory CBS

Community NBC

Modern Family ABC

Parks and Recreation NBC

Best Actor in a Comedy Series ..pleasently surprised by how good i felt house of lies turned out to be. don cheadle definitely partly responsible for that. joel mchale a staple of community like jim parsons is for TBBT. divided.

Don Cheadle House of Lies Showtime

Joel McHale Community NBC

Jim Parsons The Big Bang Theory CBS

Best Actress in a Comedy Series amy ...only one i watch. will hold my tongue regarding veep and girls.

Amy Poehler Parks and Recreation NBC

Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series ty is a staple of modern family. damon is very funny ...happy endings is not as funny as it was first season though. i feel like nick danny and jim are hugely talented and very enjoyable. hate to vote one way or another but have to give it to danny pudi who really manages to blow me away. can't believe he was in that road trip remake.

Ty Burrell Modern Family ABC

Nick Offerman Parks and Recreation NBC

Danny Pudi Community NBC

Jim Rash Community NBC

Damon Wayans Jr. Happy Endings ABC

Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy ...i can definitely appreciate most of the list. i feel like cheryl hines stands out here. i've really been blown away by how enjoyable a charcter she's made dallas and she livens up the show single-handedly.

Julie Bowen Modern Family ABC

Alison Brie Community NBC

Cheryl Hines Suburgatory ABC

Gillian Jacobs Community NBC

Eden Sher The Middle ABC

Casey Wilson Happy Endings ABC

Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series ...i'd say kathryn and paul were most memorable of the ones ...i remember or have seen. i like justin long but don't watch zooey playing zooey on new girl.

Bobby Cannavale Modern Family ABC

Kathryn Hahn Parks and Recreation NBC

Justin Long

Paul Rudd Parks and Recreation NBC

Best Animated Series ...i watch family guy of the list. i feel like american dad is just as enjoyable most of the time.

Best Movie/Miniseries american horror story was the only one i watched. it was a trip and *********SPOILER ALERT**********violet being dead really managed to catch me off guard.

Best Actor in a Movie/Miniseries a lot of talented actors listed ...only watch hatfields and mccoys and kevin costner at least did a lot better than pullman.

Bill Nighy Page Eight PBS

Woody Harrelson Game Change HBO

Idris Elba Luther BBC America

Dominic West The Hour BBC America

Kevin Costner Hatfields & McCoys History

Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries ..lange was definitely quite impressive in AHS.

I agree with the nominations, all except one: Best Supporting Male in a Comedy... Why is Donald Glover from Community not on that list? Jim Rash as Dean Pelton is great, and Abed is just about everyone's favorite (me included), but Donald Glover is the funniest person on Community! Uhh, da doy!

Wow. That's a pretty nice list. Shows that are amazing got nominated, shows that barely started and were new and amazing got nominated, amazing shows that don't usually get nominated got nominated. Same for the actors/actresses.

Wow...Agree with almost all the nominations...Quite a new experience, not having to complain about critics getting everything wrong! The only thing I don't agree with is Girls, and although I haven't seen it, I like all the other nominations for best comedy, and think Happy Endings should be added to that list, because I feel that it's definitely one of the best comedies out there at the moment

I began watching Girls with no assumptions, even when people started writing about it being indie for the sake of being indie, and I enjoy watching it to a certain extend.

But in no way does it make me laugh the way some of the others shows, which are nominated for best Comedy, and while it's clearly a heavily serialized show, I'm not more invested in these characters than say the cast of TBBT.

So glad Community got that many nominations, as well as Mosern Family and Parks and Rec. I watch Most of the comedies nominated apart from girls, which I will probably check out when it comes to the UK. As for drama, Homeland, Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones are no-brainers - going to be tough to choose a winner there.

Danny Pudi definately needs to win. Not because i'm a community fan boy and am one eyed because there are a tonne of tallented actors listed, but because he's incredibly gifted and deserves recognition for it

Surprised that donald glover hasn't been nominated as best supporting actor in a comedy, but I guess they didn't want all the nominations to be from community? And actually, all of those nominations are great, although I'm hoping for Danny Pudi or Damon Wayans Jr. to win it

I'm so glad Community is getting some love. Hopefully it gets some awards here and come Season 4, viewership will increase!

Totally happy about John Noble's nomination! GO FRINGE! If only the Emmys would give the man some love too.

I'm also super excited to see Sherlock nominated for Best Miniseries, and Benedict Cumberbatch is nominated for Best Actor in a Miniseries. The show is crazy fantastic; I've been obsessed with it since I saw it.

I will just say that if the Emmys look anything like this, I will be a very happy human being. I could not believe what I was seeing when I saw the nominations. Everything seemed so right. Modern Family didn't hog the acting nominations, John Noble got in there, and both Giancarlo Esposito and Aaron Paul got nominated! So Happy! Now lets pray they pick the right winners.

These guys have better taste than the people responsible for the Emmy nominations, but it's ridiculous that Walton Goggins and Donald Glover aren't nominated. Walton has been better than ever and deserves to win. But his category is the toughest one of all, with Aaron Paul, Peter Dinklage, John Noble and Giancarlo Esposito. In fact, I would say that all of those guys are better than all the other nominees in all the other categories, except Danny Pudi (Abed). The only comedy actor who's as good as Danny Pudi is Donald Glover (Troy).

Agreed! Pretty awesome nominations list! Every category could be a 4-way tie. Question: How did Girls and Veep get nominated already?? They just came out and are too early on in their first seasons. I don't like that.

My picks:

Best Drama: Homeland

Best Actor / Drama: Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad

Best Actress / Drama: Claire Danes - Homeland

Best Sup. Actor / Drama: Peter Dinklage - Game of Thrones

Best Sup. Actress / Drama: Christine Baranski The Good Wife

Best Guest Performance / Drama: Lucy Liu - Southland

Best Reality Series: Undercover Boss - CBS

Best Reality Series - Competition: The Amazing Race - CBS

Best Reality Show Host: Phil Keoghan The Amazing Race CBS

Best Talk Show: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Comedy Central

Best Comedy Series: The Big Bang Theory (yes, I'd love for Community to win, but I don't think it will based on this past season)

I could definitely see a nomination for Best Actor in a Drama for Jason Isaacs -- he was nothing short of incredible -- but for Best Drama overall, I don't see it as having been better than any of the nominations already there (maybe Mad Men, but that's only because I'm not a fan of period stuff).

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